Beltline Drive-In

1401 Sunset Drive,
Columbia, SC 29203

330 cars

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50sSNIPES on February 24, 2023 at 5:40 pm

Actually, it became a Sam’s Club (then known as Sam’s Business Club), not a Walmart. The Sam’s Club opened on June 3, 1987, and closed in 1997.

jwmovies on January 19, 2023 at 9:38 am

Later became a WalMart which is also now closed. The parking lot serves as a satellite lot for The Children’s Hospital of South Carolina. Please update. FYI Sunset is now called Hwy 16 (SC-16).

50sSNIPES on October 31, 2021 at 2:11 pm

Opened on July 3, 1952 with “Bagdad” along with a few unnamed short subjects, and was closed around the same month the Starlite closed its gates in September 1985.

The Beltline and the Starlite were the only drive-ins in Columbia to have a much more appropriate fare on films, which both theaters picked up first-run movies throughout most of its history, but sometimes can pick up a few other mixtures but not very harmful to audiences.

Drive-In 54 on February 20, 2015 at 5:40 pm

The correct address is:

1401 Sunset Drive, Columbia, SC 29203

Mike Rogers on June 23, 2010 at 5:39 pm

i thought it might be a Beltline road too,but wasn’t sure enough to submit. Thanks,

Silicon Sam on June 22, 2010 at 9:22 pm

Usually Beltline just refers to a road that circles the city, doesn’t need to be an Interstate. Like Beltline Rd in Dallas.